funding for recovery from superstorm sandy. >> stephanie: republicans didn't think that was timely or important. >> it made obama look good. so they hate it. the whole idea. >> stephanie: the president. >> obama: the one thing that i think hopefully in the new year we'll focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together with a little bit less drama. not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. >> you know what? it's going to happen again in two months. >> a little less drunken lunacy from boehner. >> stephanie: deb in california. hi deb. >> caller: happy new year. >> stephanie: happy new year. >> caller: there's confetti all over the house right now just for the three of you. >> yea! >> caller: so i'm calling because we were awake and paying attention to news channels and things on the new year's eve time. and really we can't let the -- even the senate republicans and the congressional -- the house of representatives, we call them the house of republicans but we shouldn't let them get off the hook because we did go over the fiscal cliff. that was what was being reported